I can’t even begin to speculate on McChrystal’s motives….but at least in all the speculation the ROEs are being questioned. Diana West has been writing about the restriction on our soldiers for a very long time…finally the subject is being debated openly…..rsk The American Spectator McChrystal’s Secret Rebellion By Stephanie Gutmann on 6.28.10 @ 6:08AM […]
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/06/23/why_the_irish_support_palestine Once upon a time, Ireland was a huge supporter of Jewish aspirations in the Promised Land. What happened? BY RORY MILLER | JUNE 23, 2010 As the world scrambled to respond to Israel’s deadly May 31 raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla, the first reaction came from an unlikely source: Ireland. On the morning of […]
The Consummate Warrior Marcel Bigeard, 1916-2010 by Max Boot The Weekly Standard July 5 – July 12, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 40 In English-speaking countries, the French armed forces have become a joke. Literally. Entire websites are devoted to one-liners like: “How many gears do French tanks have? Six: five reverse and one forward.†This […]
http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/p18441.xml A shrine to Shariah? Center for Security Policy | Jun 28, 2010 By Frank Gaffney, Jr. The supremacist program authoritative Islam calls Shariah is big on symbols. Arguably, none is more effective than its practice of building mosques on its conquests’ most sacred sites. In Jerusalem, triumphant Muslims built the Al-Aqsa mosque on top […]
IT’S A LONG SHOT BUT GETTING ANTHONY WEINER OUT WOULD BE SUCH A PLEASURE….RSK http://www.bobturnerforcongress.com/Home.aspx National Security The United States with its strong military and adherence to moral principles is the protective barrier against rogue states and violent ideologies. The American policy in foreign affairs has been to promote democracy, protect human rights, and help […]
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.6575/pub_detail.asp June 28, 2010 Exclusive: “Pure†Pakistan’s Internet Perverts Adrian Morgan Pakistan’s name means “Land of the Pure,†but some of its internet users appear to be decidedly “impure.â€Â About four years ago, I was first introduced to Google Trends, a feature whereby Google monitors and publishes records of its internet searches. Any person can access […]
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.6582/pub_detail.asp Interview with Andrew McCarthy – Beyond the ‘Grand Jihad’Ruth King We at Family Security Matters are delighted and proud to have some of our questions answered by Andrew McCarthy, author of the best-selling THE GRAND JIHAD: How Islam and the Left Sabotage America (Encounter Books May 2010) RK: Since the publication of your book, […]
Australia: “Jihad notebook” cleric deported after protracted legal battle http://www.jihadwatch.org/ Mansour Leghaei and his (not entirely) happy family Mansour Leghaei first graced our pages at Jihad Watch all the way back in 2004, when he “was discovered returning to Sydney with a 150-page notebook on tactics for warfare, intelligence and martyrdom.” It included such tolerant […]
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ Cracking the Code of Civilization Civilization is a code, and while we easily fall into the habit of assuming that civilized norms are universal, they are limited to the civilized. Kindness, humility and reaching out to the enemy are valid behaviors only when they are likely to be reciprocated. Practicing that code toward nations […]
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-06-27-Burqa_N.htm BERLIN — A growing movement in Europe to ban burqas and niqabs, the face coverings worn by some Muslim women, is igniting a debate over individual religious freedom vs. broader cultural values. The movement started in Belgium when a bill making it a crime to wear a face veil in public passed unanimously in […]
